The "Tanzania Investment Window" will be developed on the basis of UNCTAD's electronic single window system on registration (eRegistrations), already successfully adapted to several countries in Latin America and Africa.

An EU-funded ASYCUDA project aimed to bring Bosnia and Herzegovina's customs sector in with European Union and WTO norms and standards kicked off with a meeting between UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov and Miro Dzakula, the Director General of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and his team.

Inequality between men and women in Africa leads to economic inefficiency and under-performance, UNCTAD and World Bank experts said at an event examining the role of women in trade and development on the continent.

Global economic growth should increase over the next two years with continuing signs of improvement, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014 (WESP) report. But, several uncertainties and downside risks continue to loom.

Experts from developing countries and members of the Steering Committee on Tourism for Development discussed how the tourism sector links with the creative economy and can contribute to poverty reduction.

According to preliminary estimates by UNCTAD and WTO, in the third quarter of 2013, world exports of services grew by 6%, as compared with the same quarter of the year before (balance-of-payments basis, current prices).

UNCTAD trained 19 senior managers as local instructors of its TrainForTrade Port Training Programme. The training was organized in Manila, Philippines from 19 to 22 November, in collaboration with the Philippine Ports Authority.

Mobile money – the use of cell phones for money transfers, payments and more sophisticated financial activities such as credit, savings, and insurance – is increasingly popular in East Africa. While it offers the potential for increased financial inclusion, it could benefit from region-wide rules to coordinate and harmonize regulations, UNCTAD study says.